# Water polo at the 2018 Asian Games – Men

The men's tournament of Water polo at the 2018 Asian Games at Jakarta, Indonesia, was held from 25 August to 1 September at the Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium.

## Squads

| China | Hong Kong | Indonesia | Iran |
| Wu Honghui Liu Xiao Peng Jiahao Chu Chenghao Sha Shi Xie Zekai Chen Zhongxian Chen Rui Chen Yimin Chen Jinghao Zhang Chufeng Zhu Gelin Liang Zhiwei | Yim Wai Ho Wong Siu Hei Fung Kong Chun Fung Kong Ching Kelvin Lo Ip Chun Hong Gilman Choi Cheng Hei Man Pin Tak Hei Cheung Tsun Yu Chan Chun Leung Cheng Hei Chun Kong Cheuk Kiu | Mochammad Rafi Alfariz Beby Willy Eka Paksi Tarigan Muhammad Hamid Firdaus Silvester Goldberg Manik Erlangga Andaru Rinaldi Andi Muhammad Uwayzulqarni Yusuf Budiman Reza Aditya Putra Delvin Felliciano Ridjkie Mulia Harahap Rian Rinaldo Zaenal Arifin Novian Dwi Putra | Omid Lotfpour Peyman Asadi Amir Hossein Rahbar Hamed Malek-Khanbanan Amir Hossein Keyhani Ali Pirouzkhah Amir Dehdari Mehdi Yazdankhah Soheil Rostamian Mohammad Javad Abbasi Arshia Almasi Hossein Khaledi Shayan Ghasemi |
| Japan | Kazakhstan | Saudi Arabia | Singapore |
| Katsuyuki Tanamura Seiya Adachi Harukiirario Koppu Mitsuaki Shiga Takuma Yoshida Atsuto Iida Takumu Miyazawa Mitsuru Takata Atsushi Arai Yusuke Inaba Keigo Okawa Kenta Araki Tomoyoshi Fukushima | Pavel Lipilin Yevgeniy Medvedev Ruslan Akhmetov Roman Pilipenko Miras Aubakirov Alexey Shmider Murat Shakenov Altay Altayev Rustam Ukumanov Mikhail Ruday Ravil Manafov Yulian Verdesh Valeriy Shlemov | Hussain Jazani Mohammed Al-Hilal Mohammed Gahal Saeed Taleb Naif Al-Muntashiri Ayman Al-Aryani Ahmed Al-Shammari Khaled Al-Harbi Hamed Al-Nefaiei Bader Al-Dughather Adel Al-Malki Mohammed Al-Khawfi Omar Sharahili | Darren Lee Loh Zhi Zhi Ooi Yee Jia Chow Jing Lun Glen Lim Samuel Yu Chiam Kun Yang Ang An Jun Yu Junjie Sean Ang Lee Cheng Kang Koh Jian Ying Lee Kai Yang |
| South Korea | | | |
| Lee Seung-hun Park Jeong-min Yoo Byeong-jin Lee Seon-uk Youn Young-gwan Choi Jin-jae Kim Dong-hyeok Kim Moon-soo Chu Min-jong Han Hyo-min Gwon Dae-yong Lee Seong-gyu Jung Byeong-young | | | |

## Results

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 18 | +22 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Iran | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 2 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Singapore | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 36 | −20 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
| 25 August 9:00 | South Korea | 9–16 | Kazakhstan | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Ni (CHN), Tahara (JPN) |
| Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Ni (CHN), Tahara (JPN) |||
| 25 August 9:00 | Kim D.H. 3 | Goals | Ruday 3 | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Ni (CHN), Tahara (JPN) |
| 25 August 10:20 | Singapore | 5–11 | Iran | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Štampalija (CRO) |
| Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Štampalija (CRO) |||
| 25 August 10:20 | Koh J.Y. 3 | Goals | Yazdankhah, Abbasi 3 | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Štampalija (CRO) |
| 26 August 17:10 | Iran | 16–11 | South Korea | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Stavridis (GRE) |
| Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Stavridis (GRE) |||
| 26 August 17:10 | Malek-Khanbanan, Almasi 3 | Goals | Youn Y.G., Lee S.G. 3 | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Stavridis (GRE) |
| 27 August 14:30 | Kazakhstan | 15–4 | Singapore | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Ni (CHN), Safabakhsh (IRI) |
| Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Ni (CHN), Safabakhsh (IRI) |||
| 27 August 14:30 | Ukumanov 5 | Goals | four players 1 | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Ni (CHN), Safabakhsh (IRI) |
| 28 August 17:10 | Kazakhstan | 9–5 | Iran | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Štampalija (CRO), Stavridis (GRE) |
| Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Štampalija (CRO), Stavridis (GRE) |||
| 28 August 17:10 | Ukumanov 3 | Goals | Pirouzkhah 2 | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Štampalija (CRO), Stavridis (GRE) |
| 29 August 14:30 | Singapore | 7–10 | South Korea | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Štampalija (CRO), Tahara (JPN) |
| Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Štampalija (CRO), Tahara (JPN) |||
| 29 August 14:30 | Koh J.Y. 2 | Goals | Chu M.J. 3 | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Štampalija (CRO), Tahara (JPN) |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 15 | +64 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | China | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 22 | +41 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 55 | −22 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Indonesia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 63 | −31 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 69 | −52 | 0 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head result: KSA 12–12 INA. Goal difference against the highest placed team (JPN): KSA −16, INA −17.
| 25 August 15:00 | Saudi Arabia | 12–12 | Indonesia | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Safabakhsh (IRI), Flahive (AUS) |
| Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Safabakhsh (IRI), Flahive (AUS) |||
| 25 August 15:00 | Al-Dughather 6 | Goals | Harahap 4 | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Safabakhsh (IRI), Flahive (AUS) |
| 25 August 16:20 | Japan | 12–4 | China | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Alexandrescu (ROU) |
| Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Alexandrescu (ROU) |||
| 25 August 16:20 | Adachi 3 | Goals | four players 1 | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Alexandrescu (ROU) |
| 26 August 14:30 | Indonesia | 2–19 | China | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Tan (SGP), Flahive (AUS) |
| Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Tan (SGP), Flahive (AUS) |||
| 26 August 14:30 | Firdaus, Manik 1 | Goals | Chen Z.X. 5 | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Tan (SGP), Flahive (AUS) |
| 26 August 15:50 | Saudi Arabia | 12–6 | Hong Kong | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Han (KOR), Salnichenko (KAZ) |
| Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Han (KOR), Salnichenko (KAZ) |||
| 26 August 15:50 | Al-Nefaiei 3 | Goals | Cheng H.M. 3 | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Han (KOR), Salnichenko (KAZ) |
| 27 August 15:50 | China | 23–3 | Hong Kong | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Flahive (AUS), Pranolo (INA) |
| Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Flahive (AUS), Pranolo (INA) |||
| 27 August 15:50 | four players 3 | Goals | Cheng H.M. 3 | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Flahive (AUS), Pranolo (INA) |
| 27 August 17:10 | Indonesia | 7–24 | Japan | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Jiathornwattana (THA), Štampalija (CRO) |
| Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Jiathornwattana (THA), Štampalija (CRO) |||
| 27 August 17:10 | Harahap 4 | Goals | Inaba 7 | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Jiathornwattana (THA), Štampalija (CRO) |
| 28 August 14:30 | Hong Kong | 0–23 | Japan | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Tan (SGP), Han (KOR) |
| Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Tan (SGP), Han (KOR) |||
| 28 August 14:30 | 0 | Goals | Adachi 5 | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Tan (SGP), Han (KOR) |
| 28 August 15:50 | China | 17–5 | Saudi Arabia | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Safabakhsh (IRI), Salnichenko (KAZ) |
| Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Safabakhsh (IRI), Salnichenko (KAZ) |||
| 28 August 15:50 | Liu X., Sha S., Zhang C.F. 3 | Goals | Al-Dughather, Al-Malki 2 | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Safabakhsh (IRI), Salnichenko (KAZ) |
| 29 August 15:50 | Japan | 20–4 | Saudi Arabia | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Ni (CHN), Jiathornwattana (THA) |
| Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Ni (CHN), Jiathornwattana (THA) |||
| 29 August 15:50 | Adachi 5 | Goals | Al-Dughather 2 | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Ni (CHN), Jiathornwattana (THA) |
| 29 August 17:10 | Hong Kong | 8–11 | Indonesia | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Alexandrescu (ROU) |
| Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Alexandrescu (ROU) |||
| 29 August 17:10 | Fung K.Chu., Chan C.L. 3 | Goals | Harahap 5 | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Alexandrescu (ROU) |

### Final round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 30 August | 30 August | | | |
| Iran | 15 | | | |
| Iran | 15 | 31 August | 31 August | | |
| Saudi Arabia | 7 | 31 August | 31 August | |
| Saudi Arabia | 7 | Iran | 7 | |
| 30 August | 30 August | | Iran | 7 | |
| 30 August | 30 August | Japan | 18 | |
| Singapore | 6 | Japan | 18 | |
| Singapore | 6 | | | | 1 September | 1 September |
| Japan | 28 | | | | 1 September | 1 September |
| Japan | 28 | | | | Japan | 7 |
| 30 August | 30 August | | | | | Japan | 7 |
| 30 August | 30 August | | | | Kazakhstan | 8 |
| South Korea | 4 | | | | Kazakhstan | 8 |
| South Korea | 4 | 31 August | 31 August | | | |
| China | 12 | 31 August | 31 August | | | |
| China | 12 | China | 8 | | | |
| 30 August | 30 August | | China | 8 | | | |
| 30 August | 30 August | Kazakhstan | 9 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Kazakhstan | 20 | Kazakhstan | 9 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Kazakhstan | 20 | | | | 1 September | 1 September |
| Indonesia | 4 | | | | 1 September | 1 September |
| Indonesia | 4 | | | | Iran (p) | 8 (8) |
| | | | | | China | 8 (7) |
| Classification 5–8 | Classification 5–8 | Classification 5–6 | Classification 5–6 |
| 31 August | 31 August |
| Saudi Arabia | 5 |
| Saudi Arabia | 5 | 1 September | 1 September |
| Singapore | 6 | 1 September | 1 September |
| Singapore | 6 | Singapore | 8 (2) |
| 31 August | 31 August | | Singapore | 8 (2) |
| 31 August | 31 August | South Korea (p) | 8 (4) |
| South Korea | 15 | South Korea (p) | 8 (4) |
| Indonesia | 7 | | |
| Indonesia | 7 | Classification 7–8 | Classification 7–8 |
| | | 1 September | 1 September |
| | | Saudi Arabia | 12 |
| | | Indonesia | 8 |

#### Quarterfinals

| 30 August 9:00 | Iran | 15–7 | Saudi Arabia | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Štampalija (CRO) |
| Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Štampalija (CRO) |||
| 30 August 9:00 | Malek-Khanbanan 4 | Goals | Al-Dughather 3 | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Štampalija (CRO) |
| 30 August 10:20 | South Korea | 4–12 | China | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Flahive (AUS), Safabakhsh (IRI) |
| Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Flahive (AUS), Safabakhsh (IRI) |||
| 30 August 10:20 | Chu M.J. 2 | Goals | Chen Z.X. 4 | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Flahive (AUS), Safabakhsh (IRI) |
| 30 August 16:30 | Kazakhstan | 20–4 | Indonesia | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Tan (SGP), Tahara (JPN) |
| Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Tan (SGP), Tahara (JPN) |||
| 30 August 16:30 | Altayev 5 | Goals | four players 1 | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Tan (SGP), Tahara (JPN) |
| 30 August 17:50 | Singapore | 6–28 | Japan | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Salnichenko (KAZ) |
| Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Salnichenko (KAZ) |||
| 30 August 17:50 | Loh Z.Z., S. Yu 2 | Goals | Inaba 5 | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Salnichenko (KAZ) |

#### Classification 5–8

| 31 August 9:00 | Saudi Arabia | 5–6 | Singapore | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Ni (CHN), Safabakhsh (IRI) |
| Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Ni (CHN), Safabakhsh (IRI) |||
| 31 August 9:00 | Taleb, Al-Dughather 2 | Goals | Koh J.Y. 2 | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Ni (CHN), Safabakhsh (IRI) |
| 31 August 10:20 | South Korea | 15–7 | Indonesia | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Tahara (JPN), Salnichenko (KAZ) |
| Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Tahara (JPN), Salnichenko (KAZ) |||
| 31 August 10:20 | Park J.M. 6 | Goals | Firdaus, Harahap 2 | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Tahara (JPN), Salnichenko (KAZ) |

#### Semifinals

| 31 August 16:00 | Iran | 7–18 | Japan | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Tan (SGP), Flahive (AUS) |
| Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Tan (SGP), Flahive (AUS) |||
| 31 August 16:00 | Malek-Khanbanan, Yazdankhah 2 | Goals | Inaba 6 | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Tan (SGP), Flahive (AUS) |
| 31 August 17:20 | China | 8–9 | Kazakhstan | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Štampalija (CRO), Alexandrescu (ROU) |
| Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Štampalija (CRO), Alexandrescu (ROU) |||
| 31 August 17:20 | Chen Z.X. 3 | Goals | Shmider 3 | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Štampalija (CRO), Alexandrescu (ROU) |

#### Classification 7–8

| 1 September 9:00 | Saudi Arabia | 12–8 | Indonesia | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Han (KOR), Tahara (JPN) |
| Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Han (KOR), Tahara (JPN) |||
| 1 September 9:00 | Al-Malki 4 | Goals | Budiman, Arifin 2 | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Han (KOR), Tahara (JPN) |

#### Classification 5–6

| 1 September 10:20 | Singapore | 10–12 | South Korea | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Safabakhsh (IRI), Ni (CHN) |
| Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Safabakhsh (IRI), Ni (CHN) |||
| 1 September 10:20 | Koh J.Y. 4 | Goals | Park J.M. 5 | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Safabakhsh (IRI), Ni (CHN) |

#### Bronze medal match

| 1 September 16:00 | Iran | 16–15 | China | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Alexandrescu (ROU) |
| Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Alexandrescu (ROU) |||
| 1 September 16:00 | Malek-Khanbanan 4 | Goals | Chen Z.X. 6 | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Alexandrescu (ROU) |

#### Gold medal match

| 1 September 17:20 | Japan | 7–8 | Kazakhstan | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Štampalija (CRO), Flahive (AUS) |
| Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Štampalija (CRO), Flahive (AUS) |||
| 1 September 17:20 | Adachi 3 | Goals | Ruday 3 | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Štampalija (CRO), Flahive (AUS) |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
| | Kazakhstan | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| | Japan | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| | Iran | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | China | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | South Korea | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Singapore | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Indonesia | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Hong Kong | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |